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George Takei has come out

I always thought Takey had something going with Walter Koenig (that's Pavel Andreievich Chekhov for you non-geeks).
 
Orwell said:
I always thought Takey had something going with Walter Koenig (that's Pavel Andreievich Chekhov for you non-geeks).
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That would have made for some interesting stories.

"Fisting was a Russian inwention."
 
TragicMonkey said:
I thought he came out years ago? It's not like it was a well-kept secret or anything.
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No; he never actually came out, but he made no big secret about it, either. Pretty much everyone with two neurons to rub together knew that he was gay.
 
Mycroft said:
Hmmm, I missed that.

How did you know?
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Well in his autobiography (which is a very good read, btw), he never mentions anything about romantic relationships at all, which seemed a bit odd. One could say he was a private person, except that some of the things he did talk about were just as personal, or seemed so to me.

But, really, who cares one way or the other? He is clearly a good, decent human being, and a talented actor. I wish him well in everything.
 
At least he didn't bust a Richard Chamberlain and "come out" to promote his new autobiography.
 
Mycroft said:
Hmmm, I missed that.

How did you know?
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I'm having too much fun being supercilious.

By the way, put another book in the Political Book Club already.

But seriously, I don't think I can explain it. I think it has to something do with having eyes and a brain that can do pattern matching. Any rationalization I made would probably be wrong or at least misleading. But I knew it in the same way that I can tell a pear from a tomato by the smell.
 
Mark said:
But, really, who cares one way or the other? He is clearly a good, decent human being, and a talented actor. I wish him well in everything.
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He rocks.

BTW, I did get to show him my phaser once. Make of that what you will.
 
epepke said:
I'm having too much fun being supercilious.

By the way, put another book in the Political Book Club already.

But seriously, I don't think I can explain it. I think it has to something do with having eyes and a brain that can do pattern matching. Any rationalization I made would probably be wrong or at least misleading. But I knew it in the same way that I can tell a pear from a tomato by the smell.
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Um...what part of George Takei were you sniffing? :)

(Joke)
 
epepke said:
But seriously, I don't think I can explain it. I think it has to something do with having eyes and a brain that can do pattern matching. Any rationalization I made would probably be wrong or at least misleading. But I knew it in the same way that I can tell a pear from a tomato by the smell.
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I believe that ability is commonly referred to as 'gaydar.'
 
Puts a Whole New Meaning Into Warp 10

So, George Takei came out of the closet? Big deal! I don't see how this is news. I think it's a shameless publicity gimmick to somehow get himself back into the limelight. He's hasn't done ANYTHING since the Star Trek episodes in the late 60s,

I'm also wondering how this fits into the premise that we shouldn't treat gays any differently than heterosexuals. Why is it important (or newsworthy) why/how/and with whom others have sex with? Would we care if Eddie Munster announced that he's heterosexual? It's almost comical in this case because how many people even know who Takei is any more?

Either way, I always wondered why Sulu smiled everytime Kirk asked him to start the impulse engines.
 
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